3R Mission and Strategy

The 3R technology is dedicated to provide a cost efficient nutrient recovery solution which is environmentally sustainable for long term.

One of the main challenges of the 21'st century is the increased need for sustainability and competitiveness of agricultural and food production, while safeguarding consumer health, decreasing environmental impacts in agriculture, horticulture and forestry and taking account of climate change. For land based biological resources, special emphasis to be placed on low-input and organic food crop production systems and improved management of resources, with prime concern of optimal recycling and reuse of agro/ food industry by-products and un-exploited biomass resource streams.

Phosphorus a strategic key element of the food crop and animal production in agriculture which cannot be substituted. The phosphate is recognized by the EU as critical raw material (EU COM (2017) 490). The EU is >95% is importing the mineral phosphate, most MS 100%, mineral phosphate containing Cadmium and Uranium toxic elements. The new EU Fertilizers Regulation revision law harmonization (enters in force by 2022) provides strict safety criteria for fertilizers (including very low Cadmium content), for which most traditional mineral fertilizers cannot meet under market competitive conditions. There are no any other materials with high P2O5 content (>30%) known than apatite minerals from phosphate rocks (but this is contaminated with Cadmium and Uranium) or bone char (that is a natural and pure apatite substance). The low toxic elemenent content phosphate rock resources are already exhausted on global level. In 2008 significant 700% price increase happened in the phosphate sector and by 2020 and beyond additional extreme high price increase to be expected.

The new generation 3R zero emission pyrolysis technology is a high added value valorization of the un-exploited biomass resources with wide feed flexibility providing a board range of end-products with the co-production of refined carbons (biochar) and recovered organic Phosphorus fertiliser (Animal Bone Char BioPhosphate) and recycled bio-fuels, all with enhanced overall economy and competitiveness.